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Rolling out: Projects become folders 📂 ✨

  • August 3, 2026
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Tom Reem
Figmate

Hi Figma Forum! We’re rolling out some changes that will make organizing team files more flexible and intuitive — and we want to hear from you. 👈🏻

A Figma workspace organized with nested folders.

As more work happens in Figma, files can get harder to find. In the coming weeks, we’ll introduce folders, so you can structure files to mirror the ways your teams work.

Here’s what’s changing:

  • Projects become folders. All files in Teams will live in folders. Any previous reference to Projects in the UI will be renamed to Folders.
  • Subfolders and colors. Nest folders and assign folders colors to create hierarchy.
  • Simpler sharing. Subfolders inherit access from the folder above it by default, or you can limit access to specific people.

What’s not changing:

  • Workspaces and teams — these structures will stay exactly the same as before.
  • Who can access folders — the same people who had access to the project before have access to the folder now. This includes Connected projects, now called Connected folders.
  • Creating, moving, and sharing folders — the same ways and places apply as they did with projects.
  • API keys — these will continue to work as before.

Learn more about what’s changing specific to your plan type, have a look here: Updates to Figma’s file management.

 👉🏻 Have questions or feedback?

Drop them in the comments below during the rollout period — with that, we’ll be delighted to have ​@Jillian_Latimer and ​@Ethan Adams from the product team address them on Monday, August 17, 2026 between the hour of noon and 1pm PDT / 3pm and 4pm EDT.

Not sure what to ask? Here are a few ideas:

  • Will this impact my permissions?
  • Does this mean folder sharing is different?
  • How many folders are included with my plan?

We'll follow up on Monday, August 17 and address as many questions as possible. See you then!

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